Bruce Pearl was handed a three-year show-cause penalty back in 2011 for lying about NCAA violations while coaching at Tennessee.

After spending two seasons away from the game, Pearl was hired this past offseason as the new head coach at Auburn. His show-cause penalty ended at 12:01 a.m. on Sunday morning, and within just a few hours, Pearl landed top 100 recruit in the form of 6-8 forward Horace Spencer, according to ESPN's Jeff Goodman.